Ethnographic Atlas of the Basque Country
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Cooking on the hearth. Apellániz (A), 1981. Source: López de Guereñu, Gerardo. “Apellániz. Pasado y presente de un pueblo alavés” in Ohitura 0, Vitoria-Gasteiz: Chartered Government of Álava, 1981.
House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
The kitchen in the farmsteads was where people would usually gather together and was at the heart of family life.
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Food was grown on the family small holding or bought from local markets, which, in turn, were supplied with food grown locally. A few products, nearly always non-staples, complemented local or household self-supply.
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Txori-ikasten They played looking for birds’ nests and thus learnt about their habits, their songs, the way the nests were built…
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Osasun ona eukiteko, oiloekin ohera eta txoriekin jaiki. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Maritxu-teilatuko, gona gorriduna, eutsi hagin zaharra ta ekarzu barria. Popular recitation
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Sorrow was expressed by wearing mourning.
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
A black animal, and particularly a billy goat, was considered to protect the herd, flock or barn throughout the area surveyed.
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Our rural folk and our ancestors knew and practised agriculture on a more human scale and from a more holistic approach; it is not only the yield that matters, but also the complex network of physical factors and human beings involved in an activity that is actually based on cultivating the life that feeds us.